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Research on Pathways to Desistance [Maricopa County, AZ and Philadelphia County, PA]: Release Measures, 2000-2010 [Restricted]Pathways to Desistance (Release)Mulvey, Edward P.Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social ResearchICPSR2014-01-0934488doi://10.3886/ICPSR34488.v2

The Pathways to Desistance study was a multi-site study that followed 1,354 serious juvenile offenders from adolescence to young adulthood in two locales between the years 2000 and 2010. Enrolled into the study were adjudicated youths from the juvenile and adult court systems in Maricopa County (Phoenix), Arizona (N=654) and Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (N=700).

The Release data portion of the Pathways study contains information from 1,130 interviews ("release interviews") reflecting the youths' perceptions regarding various aspects of the residential experience and institutional environment (e.g., accounts of program operations and services provided, ratings regarding the participant's feelings of his or her safety in the facility). The release interview was conducted within 30 days prior to or after release from a facility and in a separate session apart from the time point interview. This was done to minimize the burden on the research participant and to ensure adequate attention to institutional ratings. The restricted time period within which to conduct the release interview reduced the likelihood that intervening events and experiences would skew the participant's recall of the stay.

Study participants could contribute more than one release interview, depending upon the number of institutional placements he/she had over the seven-year follow-up period. The current release data reflects ratings from 686 unique individuals. It should be recognized that not every institutional stay for every youth produced a release interview. On the basis of the number of reported institutional stays in the sample, it is estimated that a release interview was obtained for approximately 54 percent of the total number of residential stays experienced by study participants. Release interviews were missed if the research interviewer was not aware of the institutional stay (e.g. it occurred between time point interviews) or if the interviewer only became aware of the institutional stay at a point that was too late to schedule a release interview within the required window surrounding the release date.

The 686 individuals reflected in the release data represent 51 percent of the Pathway study participants (n=1,354) and 56 percent of Pathways participants who had a least one institutional stay (n=1,234; 120 Pathways youths had no institutional stays). On average, these 686 youths had 1.6 interviews. The number of interviews per unique person ranges from one to eight.

UniverseScheme34488Research on Pathways to Desistance SeriesFor more information on the series, please go to http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/series/00260.Organization34488_1JBISA01224400Organization34488_2Organization34488_32001-J05-011944, 2002-J04-13032, 2003-J04-14560, 2004-J04-15849, 2005-J04-17071, 2006-J04-18272Organization34488_4043357Organization34488_5Organization34488_6R01 DA019697 01 - 05Organization34488_71999-IJ-CX-0053, 2008-IJ-CX-0023Organization34488_82000-MU-MU-0007, 2005-JK-FX-K001, 2007-MU-FX-0002Organization34488_9Organization34488_1099-2009-099HMCA.IIIICPSR.XVII.ENAHDAP.INACJD.VIIacademic achievementcommunity involvementdemographic characteristicsfriendshipsgangsjuvenile crimejuvenile offendersmedicationsreligionsocial behaviorsubstance abusetreatment facilitiestreatment outcomevocational education
Arizona,
Pennsylvania,
United States
20002010individualsurvey dataYouths 14-19 years of age from the juvenile and adult court systems in Maricopa County (Phoenix), Arizona, and Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania from November 2000 to April 2003.

This study used multiple scales. More detailed information about the scales is available on the Constructs page of the Pathways to Desistance Web site.

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Access to the Pathways Release data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research. Apply for access to these data through the ICPSR data access request system portal, which can be accessed via the study home page. See the ICPSR data access request system portal for information and instructions.

AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public.

The original collector of the data, ICPSR, and the relevant funding agency bear no
responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social RearchICPSRAnn ArborMIhttp://www.icpsr.umich.edu/help@icpsr.umich.eduArizona Juvenile Justice CommissionJohn D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationPennsylvania Commission on Crime and DelinquencyRobert Wood Johnson FoundationUnited States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUnited States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug AbuseUnited States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of JusticeUnited States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionWilliam Penn FoundationWilliam T. Grant Foundation2014-01-09ICPSR2014-01-09 A PDF codebook is now available to the public for download in order for users to see the variables and frequencies of this data file.StudyUnit34488

There are multiple ID variables in the dataset serving different purposes.

LINEID: A variable to order the dataset and return the file to its original order.R0CASEID: Original variable created by the principal investigator which is a combination of CASEID and INTNUM.CASEID: The subject's assigned ID number used throughout the Pathway's studies.INTNUM: The ordered interview number of the subject.